NPP - Call for New Plays
Region IV NPP Chair
David Beach
kcactf4.npp.chair@gmail.com
Region IV NPP Vice Chair
herberj@wfu.edu
To all playwrights and advocates of new plays --
It is our great pleasure to share with you this year’s call for submissions for the National Playwriting Program (NPP) events at the Region IV American College Theatre Festival which will take place in early February.
We are looking for new scripts (and for substantially rewritten scripts you have submitted before) in any of three categories:
- ten-minute plays
- one-act plays
- full-length plays that have not been produced at a college or university in the region
Submission Deadlines:
Ten-Minute and One-Act Plays: November 2, 2026 at 3:00am ET
Full-Length Plays: December 2, 2026 at 3:00am ET
Your script may be eligible for any of a number of special awards and honors presented by ACTF. Visit the web page at https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/opportunities-for-artists/pre-professional-artist-training/kcactf/playwriting/award-categories to find out if your script might be eligible. For example, if your college or university is producing a new play that is written by a student, faculty member, or guest artist, and you enter the show as an Associate or Participating entry in the regional Festival, that script becomes eligible for a host of national awards, including the prestigious David Mark Cohen Award.
We want to know your stories.
We want to learn from your voices.
Take care and be well. And most of all, keep writing.
Region IV Chair, ACTF National Playwriting Program
David Beach (kcactf4.npp.chair@gmail.com)